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author | Zeeshan Ali (Khattak) <zeeshanak@gnome.org> | 2010-07-19 19:48:18 +0300 |
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committer | Zeeshan Ali (Khattak) <zeeshanak@gnome.org> | 2010-07-19 20:50:27 +0300 |
commit | 7c515f59252242d072fe88522f9017767bc756fc (patch) | |
tree | c21adb39a2a98bd3664429d9c54931e98eb3f57f /README | |
parent | 9736ca482e7e88e034fd0a39da9d243d0a3a9fe3 (diff) | |
download | rygel-7c515f59252242d072fe88522f9017767bc756fc.tar.gz |
core: Update README & clean-up the formatting a bit
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@@ -1,26 +1,30 @@ What is Rygel? +============= -Rygel is a collection of DLNA[1] (UPnP[2] AV) devices, implemented through a -plug-in mechanism. +Rygel is a collection of DLNA (UPnP AV) devices, implemented through a plug-in +mechanism. + +Important facts and features +============================ -== Important facts and features == * Specifically designed for GNOME (Mobile) and is therefore planned to be one - of the key new features of Maemo[3] platform in the Harmattan[4] release. - * Based on GUPnP[5]. - * Written (mostly) in Vala language[6] - * APIs to ease the implementation of AV devices (currently only MediaServer[7] - version 2.0 specification[8]. + of the key new features of GNOME 3.0 and Maemo platform in the Harmattan + release. + * Based on GUPnP. + * Written entirely in Vala language. + * APIs to ease the implementation of AV devices (currently only MediaServer + version 2.0 specification. * Export of on-disk media: - * tracker[9] plugin. - * media-export plugin: Recursively exports folders and files specified in - the user configuration. This plugin supports all - types of URIs that gio/gvfs and gstreamer can handle. - * Export of online media from 2nd German TV station[11]. + * Tracker plugin. + * MediaExport plugin: Recursively exports folders and files specified in + the user configuration. This plugin supports all + types of URIs that gio/gvfs and gstreamer can handle. + * Export of online media from 2nd German TV station. * Export of media hierarchies provided by external applications through - implementation of D-Bus MediaServer spec[12]. Applications that utilize + implementation of D-Bus MediaServer spec. Applications that utilize this feature are: - * PulseAudio[13]: Provides streams for input/output devices on the system. - * DVB Daemon[10]: Provides live TV (DVB) channel streams. + * PulseAudio: Provides streams for input/output devices on the system. + * DVB Daemon: Provides live TV (DVB) channel streams. * Export of GStreamer pipelines as media items on the network, specified through gst-launch syntax in the user configuration. * Audio and Video Transcoding: source format could be anything GStreamer's @@ -28,17 +32,20 @@ plug-in mechanism. and MPEG TS. Fortunately the transcoding framework is flexible enough to easily add more transcoding targets. -[1] http://www.dlna.org -[2] http://www.upnp.org -[3] http://maemo.org/intro/platform -[4] http://wiki.maemo.org/Task:Maemo_roadmap/Harmattan|Harmattan -[5] http://www.gupnp.org -[6] http://www.vala-project.org -[7] http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_server -[8] http://www.upnp.org/specs/av/UPnP-av-MediaServer-v2-Device-20060531.pdf -[9] http://www.gnome.org/projects/tracker -[10] http://live.gnome.org/DVBDaemon -[11] http://www.zdf.de -[12] http://live.gnome.org/Rygel/MediaServerSpec -[13] http://www.pulseaudio.org +References +========== + + * http://www.dlna.org + * http://www.upnp.org + * http://maemo.org/intro/platform + * http://wiki.maemo.org/Task:Maemo_roadmap/Harmattan + * http://www.gupnp.org + * http://www.vala-project.org + * http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_server + * http://www.upnp.org/specs/av/UPnP-av-MediaServer-v2-Device-20060531.pdf + * http://www.gnome.org/projects/tracker + * http://live.gnome.org/DVBDaemon + * http://www.zdf.de + * http://live.gnome.org/Rygel/MediaServerSpec + * http://www.pulseaudio.org |